The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 3, 1952, Page 8

Boge 8 ©THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Wednesday, September 3, 1952 BARNEY GOOGLE AND SNUFFY SMITH By Fred Lasswell \) BY WILLIAM HOPSON TO GET BACK TO TH’ VIEW, Fea i apa OVER oe: YONDER-= DON'T THAT | MAKE YORE EYES BUG OUT ? YEP-- THIS IS HOWDY, MY FAVORITE 6 5P07;, PRUNELLY, Chapter 25 I ir you tonight that King UC! & wouldn't let us down.” 5 Boece: came out, his short, "“Aren’t you coming with us?” compact frame outlined in the|Helen Forrest asked: in a low peter Even the long earstraps | gm » on his knee-length boots showed | 1m earning my pay,” Montana up against the yellow background. | ;eued dryly. “You'd better be Montana saw no others. The ae eres eee ee a was deserted, as though| He wanted to look at her but eck Jack and the others feared | didn’t dare, because the strange m bag jade of shots through the | thought came to him then that he pen door, loved her. He didn’t know how And then there was more move- | jt had happened. or when. ment in the doorway as two wo-| They waded in and started men came through. They must|across the foot-deep flow of the have been lying down in one of |shallow creek while Montana the rooms. They followed close | crouched under cover of the bank, behind the squawman, and for a/his eyes alert for any sign of moment Montana was unable to|treachery from the house. , aia believe it had happened. It was} ner stood immobile. too easy. He knew there were no _ Finally he spoke. “So I guessed men to watch the opposite side of | right, after all?” he asked. “You're the place. If Black Jack or any |King Ramson’s hired gun fighter BRINGING UP FATHER enough to take a€hance, it would | fall was a paid job, eh?” be simple to slip out the front! “That little ruckus in here last door for an investigation to see if | fall,” Montana said evenly, “was the place were in reality ringed |what happened when five gents by the men from Ramson’s ranch. got too much liquor in them. I’m Buckner said shortly: “You|Rot King Ramson’s hired win this hand, Mister. Ro and the | fighter. I’m his son. Belle Ramson Dutchman stood pat but Black | doesn’t know it yet, but she’s my Jack and me overruled them. | half-sister.” Take the women and go.” “T see,” Buckner the squawman “Go back and tell Black Jack |S#id softly. that this ends it, if he want let tines tide that way,” tana sai '=TWO-THREE = UM-= LISTEN- IF IT 1S VERY Fe NN LET'S SEE-WOT COMES AFTER | THAT UNCLE OF | ANNOVING~siR/ G71 \\3 THREE? OH-YES/FOUR-FIVE \ MAGGIE'S Drops ) SHALL IT GOUP||7// AY LTHINK HE SEVEN- NO-SIX-~- ANOTHER OF AND INSIST 4 ENT. - LITTLE THAT HE = = 2 HIS INSISTENCE! | s to} Mon- H= was grinning now, and there was something about his Buckner’s eyes took on that un- | countenance — about the parted blinking opaque look. “Black Jack | lips and gleaming teeth—that re- ain’t Frying the orders around|minded Montana of the gapin, here, I am. I run this end of the | jaws of the mastiff as it had stood, country. Take the women and go. | still reared on its hind legs in Then it'll be my turn to play the | mid-air, with the tufted arrow game our way.” |shaft protruding from its shaggy .Montana looked at the two throat. : girls. He nodded his head back| “But that only cinches it,” toward the timber. “You'd better | Buckner added, looking down. get going. Your father and Austin | “Maybe you ain’t taking gun pay, are waiting over there among the | but you're his son—you say—and trees with horses. The creek isn't them guns you throw so fast are deep. About a foo’ |still working on the other side. Belle Ramson let her eye Not that it matters. I'm dealing upon his face. “I'll say o> ne cards for the second round. have to call and raise, of 0) rse,” Montana replied. “A man 5 t r. “¥ UMMOX. Ain’r BEEN iS money my father pays y ks about a thing and dreams LUM BUSY SINCE'T HE LUMMO rf SLIP COVERS on, darling; let's get out of here. | about it, tnd then te-oealinks that ¥ FINISHED FOOTBALL * SEL py OIN “¢@|| WANTED BY THE FBI 1 REALLY DoT Y watt, F cave! | [ TELEPHONE )/e on == L CANT TALI NOW: svONEY GORDON MARTHA WHO i T's A BOYS, J pi " E BEAUTY * poh erties Lopate . Lesa eal NO, DEAR! eau t with alioses; WILLIAM JESSE BISHOP, SID MARTIN, WILLIAM GORDON MARTIN. CONTEST ON T.V. IT'S A MAN= ) MEAN, CALLING ME You cor My vore! UNLAWFUL FLIGHT TO AVOID PROSECUTION (ASSAULT WITH A DANGEROUS WEAPON) DESCRIPTION head with a rock. Martin placed the prostrate form on the tractor Age, 30, born June 18, 1922, at).n4g drove it into the barn. He Longmeadow, Mass.; height, 5’ 6’’| then stole $440 from the farmhouse to 5° 8"; weight, 145 pounds;/ang fled in the farmer’s truck, build, medium; hair, dark brown,| which he abandoned later that curly; eyes, blue; complexion, me-|eyening. The farmer, though badly dium; race, white; nationality,| wounded, recovered. On June 18 American; occupations, laborer,’ Martin was apprehended and in- farmer, cook, dishwasher, pantry-jcarcerated in the county jail at man; scars and marks, burn scar|Northampton, Mass. He escaped on left cheek, 3’’ scar on palm Of!on September 4, 1950, by scaling a left hand; remarks, has nervous|pigh barbed wire fence, habit of running hands through hair, walks with head bowed. Ary person having information which may assist in locating this On June 1, 1950, Martin walked | individual is requested to immedi- into a farmyard nezr Belchertown,|ately notify the Director of the Mass., and asked for help in mov-|Federal Bureau of Investigation, ing his stalled car. The farmer] United States Department of Ju» mounted his tractor, but Martin] tice, Washington 25, D. C., or the drew a pistol and demanded money.|Specia! Agent in Charge of the When his benefactor moved to get| Division of the Federal Bureau of off the tractor Martin shot him|Investigation listed on the first page twice and then beat him on thelof the local telephone directory. CAUTION Subject is armed and should be considered extremely dangerous. He has attempted to commit suicide in the past. a5) HELL'S HORSEMAN of the others had imagination | and that little ruckus in here last | eh’ it was just a dream, I never knew T had a half-sister until I saw her on the train, when I came up. from Ben Carson’s after McBain and that other gent made their play. I never met my father until tonight. I was on my way in to kill him last fall when I stopped | here and Black Jack’s men horned in. Buckner was interested in spite of his impatience for the man} with the Winchester to get going. | “Why? Just why wo a gun- slammin’ outlaw want to kill his) father?” ._ “A small matter of him desert<, ing my mother more than twenty years ago. That makes the laugh on you and Black Jack Caswell. If those five liquored-up riders of his hadn’t been hunting trouble I might have saved you a lot of it. Strange how things work out, He was listening while he/ . stalling for time. They should be across and into the} timber by now and mounting.} Ben Carson was in bad shape andl gun | might not be able to ride {00 far,, but give him enough time, work- ing trail couldn’t be followed, and Buckner and the others would have their work cut out for them. “Very strange,” sneered the squawman. “Strange that you've got two women and a busted-up trader on your hands and can’t ride fast. There’s about a dozen of us all told. We can pick up that trail at daylight and. get all of you before sundown tomorrow night. That’s why the women are. free. I didn’t want my place shot’ up or burned down.” “Hey, Buck!” Black Jack’s: voice called from the doorway. “Ye all right?” “Come out here.” Buckner called over his shoulder. Black Jack came cautiously, his long black coat flapping about his angular frame. His glossy beard rong oe kg leam as he pul up beside the squawman and looked down. (To be continued) Mercury At 93.7 On Hottest KW Day Last Sunday Key West’s hottest day of the year was recorded Sunday by Weather Bureau Chief Sam Gold- smith. The themometer hit 93.7 at its peak during the holiday weedend, Compared with northern cities which have suffered temperatures in the high nineties this summer, Key West is a cool summer re- sort. Auto Magazine To Publicize KW Features Key West as a tourist spot will be featured in the Florida Issue of Motor News, published by the Automobile Club of Michigan, it was learned today. Chamber of Commerce manager Harold Laubscher has sent off photographs and text for a four page spread in the Florida is- sue which will cover Key West and other resorts. The magazine was particularly interested in material on the beaches of Key West and the sights for winter visitors to take in on their trips here. 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